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Pittsburgh unions prepare for life with gutted NLRB under Trump

Cas Borowitz, Starbucks union organizer, in her apartment in Pittsburgh on Feb. 7. (Right photo by Micheal Swenson/PublicSource) Union petitioning fell during Trump’s first term,...

Labor Day Black History: Honoring A. Philip Randolph and Black labor unions

The first Monday of September marks the end of summer every year in the US. It’s also the day workers’ rights advocates pushed to...

BREAKING NEWS: April Verrett elected 1st Black president of SEIU

(Courtesy Image) April Verrett has been elected as the first Black president of the Service Employees International Union. The announcement was made today, May 20,...

President Joe Biden visits Detroit auto workers following UAW endorsement

Detroit’s narrative took a historic turn this summer, as President Joe Biden became the first sitting president to stand shoulder to shoulder with workers...

What UAW backing means for Biden − and why the union’s endorsement took so long

by Marick Masters, Wayne State University The United Auto Workers has endorsed President Joe Biden’s bid for reelection in 2024. “Joe Biden has earned it,”...

2023’s historic Hollywood and UAW strikes aren’t labor’s whole story – the total number of Americans walking off the job remained relatively low

SAG-AFTRA captain Mary M. Flynn rallies fellow striking actors on a picket line outside Netflix studios in November 2023. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello by Judith Stepan-Norris, University...

A memorial in Yiddish, Italian and English tells the stories of Triangle Shirtwaist fire victims − testament not only to tragedy but to immigrant...

New York City commemorated the 108th anniversary of the fire in 2019. Spencer Platt/Getty Images by Karla Goldman, University of Michigan The 10-story Brown Building, site of...

Taylor Swift and the end of the Hollywood writers strike – a tale of two media narratives

by Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College This fall, I’ve been starting my sociology classes by asking my students to share some uplifting news they’ve come across. On...

Reality TV show contestants are more like unpaid interns than Hollywood stars

Country singer Adley Stump, a former contestant on NBC’s hit reality show ‘The Voice,’ performs at an Air Force base in Washington state. Joint Base...

Waves of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low

Maryam Rouillard puts her fist in the air on Aug. 8, 2023, while taking part in a one-day strike by Los Angeles municipal workers...

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